Landfill Gas

In Canada, 27% of landfills with gas capture systems in place utilize landfill gas for electricity, with the remainder using it for heating or flaring it to the atmosphere. In the United States the number is 55%.

Clearly there is a lot of room for growth when using landfill gas for energy. With the decision to utilize LFG driven greatly by capital and operating costs, providing a cost-effective and convenient method for LFG cleaning is essential.

SulfaCHAR™ is a targeted gas cleaning solution that is simple to operate and implement. The passive system directs untreated LFG through a vessel containing SulfaCHAR™ media. SulfaCHAR™ adsorbs H2S onto its surface and clean biogas exits the system ready for electricity generation.

Reduced siloxanes in LFG to avoid the formation of abrasive microcrystalline silica in the engines

The system is easy to implement and has a small environmental footprint

It is non-toxic with simple change-out and disposal.

The underutilized potential of landfill gas for energy

“A large number of landfills in the U.S.—560 out of 1,900—are using technologies to capture landfill gas and turn it into electricity. While this is a great way to reuse methane emitted from landfills, only about a third of the potent greenhouse gas is actually turned into electricity. The rest of the gas is either flared or isn’t recovered at all. This means that landfills rank just behind the natural gas and agricultural sectors in methane emissions.”